News tagged with 'Genetic Engineering'

Bayer must pay two farmer $2 million for contaminating their fields with genetically engineered (GE) rice, which contains a novel protein that resists Bayer's herbicide sprayed after the corn grows. The company profits on both ends, but farmers lost their ability to export to countries that ban GE foods.

This new CDC study finds that between 1997 and 2007 incidents of allergic reactions to foods shot up 18 percent and parents of almost four percent reported a food or digestive allergy in their child. No one really knows why and until two years ago, the CDC was not even tracking.

Sooner than you might think, genetically engineered animals may be heading to your local supermarket. Now is the time to Take Action. The FDA is accepting public comments on its draft guidance for the commercialization of GE animals, paving the way for grocery stores to sell food made from genetically engineered animals.

Monsanto insists sales for its bovine growth hormone are better than ever, but despite that the company is divesting itself of Posilac, announcing today that division is for sale. Posilac was the first in a long line of genetically engineered products the company had pinned its hopes on. Now it will focus on GE seeds.